World Days

List of World Days and International Days celebrated in Slovakia and throughout the world.

4 January

World Braille Day

WBU, since 2001; on 4th January 1809 Louis Braille, creator of Braille was born, the founder of Braille Alphabet

6 January

World day for War Orphans

initiated by S.O.S Enfants En Detresse

15 January

World Army Day

23 January

National Day of Patriotism

26 January

International Customs Day

World Customs Organization - WCO; on 26th January 1953 inaugural meeting of the Customs Co-operation Council was held , established in 1952, which was renamed in 1994 for World Customs Organization

27 January

World Leprosy Day

27 January

Internet Free Day

since 2001

27 January

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

UNGA Resolution of 1st November 2005; on 27th January 1945 the Red Army liberated the largest Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz

28 January

Data Protection Day

30 January

World Martyrs Day

2 February

World Wetlands Day

on 2 February 1971, Iran adopted the Ramsar Convention, the Convention on Wetlands

4 February

World Cancer Day

since 2002, the same day in 2000 the first World Summit Against Cancer in Paris adopted a charter against cancer - the charter rights of cancer patients

11 February

World Day of the Sick

declared by Pope John Paul II. in 1992 on the feast of Our Lady Lurdskej

21 February

International Mother Language Day

UNESCO, declared in 1999, celebrated since 2000

8 March

International Women's Day

United Nations, celebrated since 1975; in December 1977 UN adopted a resolution declaring the United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be in the Member States in celebrating any day of the year in line with the historical and national traditions

United Nations, declared in 1966, celebrated since 1967; on 21st March 1960 the police masacre on participants of peaceful demonstration against apartheid in South Africa, Sharpeville, killed 69 people

21 March

World Poetry Day

UNESCO, declared in 1999, celebrated since 2000

21 March

World Sleep Day

International Foundation for mental health and neuroscience - IFMHN, declared in 2001

21 March

World Puppetry Day

UNIMA, declared in 2002

22 March

World Water Day

UN, initiated in 1992 at the UN Conference on Environment in Rio de Janeiro celebrates since 1993

23 March

World Meteorological Day

WMO, World Meteorological Organizatio. This Day commemorates the entry into force, on that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization

24 March

World Tuberculosis Day

WHO, International Union against Tuberculosis and respiratory disease - IUATLD, celebrated since 1982; on that day in 1882 R. Koch announced the discovery of Koch bacia

27 March

World Theatre Day

UNESCO, declared in 1961 at the initiative of the International Theater Institute - ITI, celebrated from 1962)

28 March

Teachers' Day

1 April

World Migratory Bird

2 April

International Children's Book Day

International organization bor children's book IBBY, declared in 1967; on 2nd April 1805 H.Ch.Andersen was born

7 April

World Health Day

WHO, celebrated since 1950; on 7 April 1948 World Health Organization A-WHO was founded

18 April

World Heritage Day

UNESCO; declared in 1983, celebrated since 1984

22 April

World Earth Day

celebrated since 1970 in USA

23 April

World Book and Copyright Day

UNESCO, declared in 1995, celebrated since 1996;

26 April

World Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO, celebrated since 2001

28 April

International Workers' Memorial Day

International Labor Organization ILO, celebrated since 2003

29 April

International Dance Day

celebrated since 1982; on 29 April 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre was born, French dancer, choreographer, creator of modern ballet

1 May

International Labour Day

declared in 1889 in the memory of strike of workers in Chicago in 1886. 3 people were executed and 5 senteced to 15 year in prison.

3 May

World Press Freedom Day

UN, UNESCO, declared in 1993, celebrated since 1994; on the day 1991 the Windhoek Declaration on promoting independent and pluralistic African press in a seminar on promoting independent and pluralistic African press was adopted

4 May

International Firefighters' Day

celebrated since 1999

8 May

World Red Cross Day

celebrated since 1953; on thar day in 1828 Swiss businessman Jean Henry Dunant, cofounder of Red Cross and the first Nobel laureate degree was born

11 May

International Migratory Bird Day

12 May

International Nurses Day

International Nurses Day and the International day of support for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (International Council of Nurses - ICN, celebrated since 1965; on that day in 1820 English nurse Florence Nightingale, who founded the first school for nurses in the world and itself suffered from this syndrome was born